Cummins’ Components business segment is to reveal the latest research on turbocharging undertaken in its extensive R&D centre at Cummins Turbo Technologies during the Supercharging Conference in Dresden this month.

Valvoline Inc has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain business assets of Minit Lube.

Volvo Trucks North America is introducing next generation Turbo Compound technology claimed to provide up to an additional 3% improvement in fuel efficiency over the current 13-litre Turbo Compound engine, the D13TC.

New Flyer of America Inc has announced an order from the Connecticut Department of Transportation for 50, forty-foot heavy-duty Xcelsior clean-diesel buses.

First Freightliner eCascadia is expanding its field tests for medium and heavy-duty e-trucks.

London-headquartered CNH Industrial N.V. is to enter into a strategic and exclusive Heavy-Duty Truck partnership with Nikola Corporation, to accelerate industry transformation towards emission neutrality of Class 8 / Heavy-Duty Trucks in North America and Europe through adoption of fuel-cell technology.

Automotive Axles Ltd has opened a new USD36.5m axle assembly facility along with a new state-of-the-art research and development centre in Mysore.

Engine retardation specialist, Jacobs Vehicle Systems, has entered into a collaboration with internal combustion controls company, Tula Technology Inc.

Iteris Inc, a specialist in applied informatics for transportation and agriculture, has completed its acquisition of Albeck Gerken Inc.

Cummins Inc has entered a multi-year partnership with the University of California San Diego and its battery validation lab to analyse viable business and technical approaches for the effective reuse and repurposing of electric vehicle batteries.

UVeye, a provider of automatic external inspection of vehicles, has reached the final stage of the Singapore Mobility Challenge with its Artemis tyre inspection system and now plans to supply it globally.

Clean Energy Fuels Corporation of Newport Beach, California has opened a natural gas refuelling station in the South Bronx district of New York City.